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Accused N.Y. Subway Bomb Plotter Chose Murder, U.S. Says
to murder Americans overseas, choices to come back and murder Americans here in New York on behalf of al-Qaeda,” Assistant US Attorney Berit Berger said in closing arguments at the trial of Adis Medunjanin in federal court in Brooklyn, New York.
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:57A
Accused N.Y. Subway Bomb Plotter Chose Murder, U.S. Says
to murder Americans overseas, choices to come back and murder Americans here in New York on behalf of al-Qaeda,” Assistant US Attorney Berit Berger said in closing arguments at the trial of Adis Medunjanin in federal court in Brooklyn, New York.
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:57A
Charles Taylor guilty of aiding war crimes
There is no death penalty in international criminal law and Taylor would serve out any sentence in a British prison. United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay described the conviction as "immensely significant," saying it sends out a message that
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:57A
Taylor convicted of war crimes
LIBERIAN ex-president Charles Taylor was convicted last night of war crimes for arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for blood diamonds, in the first verdict against a modern former head of state by a global court. "The trial chamber unanimously
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:51A
Liberia's Taylor guilty of Sierra Leone war crimes
AFP photo Liberian ex-leader Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday of arming rebels who killed and mutilated thousands in Sierra Leone, in an historic verdict for international justice. Taylor, 64, was found guilty on all counts including acts of
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:49A
Philly priest trial: Accuser, addict takes stand, describes abuse
The witness, a policeman's son, said he started smoking marijuana the summer he turned 11 to deal with the abuse, and has since tried drug treatment 23 times to battle addictions to heroin, painkillers and other drugs. The 23-year-old testified at the
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:42A
Taylor Conviction And The Fates Of Other Leaders
Here is what happened to some: The former Ivory Coast president is also jailed in The Hague awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The crimes were allegedly committed as he
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:18A
The Verdict in the Charles Taylor Trial at the Special Court for Sierra Leone
The Taylor prosecution at the Special Court delivers a strong message to all perpetrators of atrocities, including those in the highest positions of power, that they will be held accountable. The trial of Charles Taylor is of enormous historical and
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:17A
Judge tosses verdict in favor of police
US District Court Chief Judge Bruce D. Black's ruling says upholding the October jury verdict in favor of the police and city would be a miscarriage of justice. Black's June 12 opinion found "as a matter of law" that the officers' use of force during
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:16A
Liberia's Charles Taylor found guilty by special war crimes court in the Hague
former Liberian leader Charles Taylor has finally been convicted for his participation in the deaths of tens of thousands of people in neighbouring Sierra Leone, after a five year trial at a special international war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:14A
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